Romantic Period
What three meanings does the term Romantic have?
1) A child's sense of wonder 2) Social idealism 3) Adaptation to change
Percy Shelley lived from ____-____
1792-1822
Romantic Period years
1798-1832
Percy Shelley died before the age of __ in a boat in a ____
30, storm
Why would the speaker say the mouse is blessed when compared to him?
A mouse seizes the day while man tends to focus on past and future
What was the Bastille?
A prison (Paris)
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Experience, who is the speaker in lines 1-3?
A random adult
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to be part of what kind of community?
American Utopian
What did Robert Burns write?
Auld Lang Syne, To a Mouse, To a Louse
What biblical allusion do we see in "The Lamb?"
Birth of Christ
In line 7 of "The Tyger," who is he?
Creator of tiger
In "To a Mouse," what does the speaker apologize to the mouse for?
Destroying his home with a plough
What question is asked in stanza five of "The Tyger?"
Did the same person who made the lamb make the tiger
What does the speaker promise to give the mouse?
Food
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence, how does the angel reassure Tom in his dream?
He tells him that if he works hard, he'll be rewarded in heaven
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence, what do we learn about the speaker's past?
His mother is deceased and his father sold him to be a chimney sweep
How is the question in "The Lamb" answered?
In a 2nd stanza, Christ
in the second to last stanza of "To a Louse," whom does the speaker address? Of what does he warn her?
Jenny; don't shake head so she doesn't spread lice
How are the speakers' voices in "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" different?
Lamb-soft, innocent Tiger-aggressive
Percy Shelley married ____ Shelley, author of _____
Mary, Frankenstein
Who wrote "Ozymandias"?
Percy Shelley
What things often go "askew" or "awry?"
Plans, no matter how carefully planned
What is Robert Burns often referred to as?
Ploughman Bard
Robert Burns wrote using what sort of dialect?
Scottish
What impact did the American Revolution have on England?
Severe economic and psychological blow due to superpower mentality
Instead of the lady, where does the speaker think the mouse should crawl?
Some poor body
What did William Blake write?
Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
How is the tone of the speaker in The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Experience different from the one in Songs of Innocence?
TCS from Songs of Experience-bleak and hopeless
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence, how does the dream contrast with the speaker's daily life?
The dream was very positive; clean, sunshine
In "To a Louse," what societal aspect is Robert Burns poking fun at?
Upper-class and how concerned they are about appearances
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Experience, what does the speaker ask the child?
Where are your parents?
What question is asked in the first stanza of "The Tyger?"
Who made the tiger?
What question is asked in the first stanza of "The Lamb?"
Who made thee (you)?
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence, what do the black coffins symbolize other than death?
a very hopeless life
What biblical allusion do we see in stanza five of "The Tyger?"
angels who fell after losing war in heaven
wrenched
anguished; grief-stricken
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Experience, what is the child's response to the adult's question?
at church
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence, what is the speaker's present life like?
bad; he is a chimney sweep
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Experience, how does the child seem to feel about his life and his parents?
bitter
What is one difference we see in the first and last stanza of "The Tyger?"
could, dare
What difference do the words "could" and "dare" make?
could-ability, dare-shouldn't
In "To a Louse," what is the louse doing?
crawling around in lady's bonnett
Samuel Taylor Coleridge left college without a _____
degree
What imagery do we see in lines 5-8 of "The Lamb?"
describing lamb
Ghastly
dreadful; ghostly
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was addicted to what?
drugs
What does the creator do for his creation in the first stanza of "The Lamb?"
gives him clothing, life, food, water, and a tender voice
Dismal
gloomy
Tyrannous
harsh; oppressive
In The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence, what moral lesson does the speaker draw from Tom's dream?
if he works hard, he'll be rewarded in heaven
abated
lessened
What does the term "laissez faire" mean?
let (people) do (as they please)
What imagery do we see in the first stanza of "The Tyger?"
night, darkness, forest
Is the question in "The Tyger" ever answered
no
Dialect is the language spoken by people in a _______ _____
particular region
William Blake is remembered as much for his ______ as he is for his _______
poetry, artwork
What was the intention of the Gothic?
to make reader's blood run cold
William Blake was a ______ poet who lived a very _____ life and didn't seek fame or money
visionary, frugal
William Blake claimed to get divine inspiration from what?
visions
What season is coming fast that proves to be a problem for the mouse?
winter; no house and no supplies for one
